Reproducibility of inspiratory muscle endurance testing using PowerBreathe for COPD patients.

Renata Pedrolongo Basso-VanelliValéria A P Di LorenzoMariane RamalhoIvana G LabadessaEloisa M G RegueiroMauricio JamamiDirceu Costa

Published in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2017)

It was observed that the incremental test was reproducible to evaluate inspiratory muscle endurance in COPD patients. Furthermore, 2 tests needed to be carried out due to the learning effect.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
skeletal muscle
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
lung function
cystic fibrosis